Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-08-06
Rose-Marie.

ft was eleven o'clock on warm July
forenoon when passenger from the
afterward Inflated willie de Paris
found themselves on terra frnId i'll view
York and amid scenes fam liar OF
novel, As suited their previous history.
Among the crowd, and vet apart, was
q young woman, slender, fair and with
something diStiHgHs about her simple
dress. II was before the DAYS Of the
barge Office, but the vexatlons "i Gus
tombouSe Ordeals were sufficiently try
ing. and the girl was very glad 10 re-
ceive some assistance from stranger
who noticed her pcrDieNity. lie said
he had come to the dock simply Ia take
charge of some artistic house-furni>h-
ings sent in advance hy his sister. and
so he could easily pause little IN exc
cutting his commission.
She dill not know how To reach the
address she held in her hand and he
tried to explain and she tried to I'M
der>tand.
The difficulty of comprehension arose
not from innate stupidity on either side
but from lack of common language.
He spoke English well. but French in
differently: she could roll ont melodi-
Gus sentences in the Celtic tongue, but
her English was ''aS she IS spoke.
4 81, Il al r,b-
/ moved and Mile Rose Marie de Aldine
! was At last. with her French ideas OF
| proprietv much shocked. but her fears
that she would hay" To stay at the
battery all day alayed. slowed away in
Gu up town boarl,ug-hou,c kept by 4
French family.
The next morning K Mare was i'll
another quandarl. She was 10 go to
an instruction bureau on Union square,
and had not Malamc Guillaume al
lowed her twclve-year-old daughter 10
show her the way it is doubtful wheth-
err she would nave had sufficient conf
dence in her disgracrd boarding-schoOl
English to venture.
But No % was reached ut last. Vic
torine said ''dU recOir' and Mile. lie
Aldine, with trembling steps. mounted
the stairs and found herself in the
presence of Madame SchoHberg. q
rather grand, immaculate persona ge
who received her with the condescend
ING nod of monarch. waved her hand
to a sofa, and continued an animated
conversation with Il man in the window
seat. After long time sne babe him
goodbye and turned TO catcchiSc Rose
Marie: Did she have COOL accent ?
"How long had sine lved in Paris ??
"Not born there with elevated eye
brows)! "Conld she beach music p
German ?" Italian ~ drawing
and painting p 'Slnveur method ??
mop" H'm--unfortunate.' "HoV
much experience ~ None at all p
IL do not know how YOU can ret
situation now; but will tell YOU wha
, YOU can choose from. Here is a situa
ton in Portland. Oregon. The salar.
is not large, only 800. As YOU would bt
gOverness for two children onlr-but
oh the expenses of the journey Tw
or three hundred dollars. or more; br
you can borrow. can YOU nOt?'
Poor Mile. de Aldine shook her hea,
That would not to "Ah, there is som,
thing else. An excellent school
Delaware, prime pal wishes Frcnc
; teacher, Young and energetic. one VIII
would be sure to manage unruly scho
, ars. Some of the outside duties al
!, mentioned. mere triflcs. TO be sur
You would have to go out every morr
ing with the omnibus which goes
pick up the distant scholars. They IS
that they would try to see that You h;
, something to eat before YOU started.
the omnibus leaves before breakfas
) time. That they would like TO ha'
Won Q We few lectures during the Wi
D ter. to keep up interest, and then the
would be two dancing classes, AMI thu
: would like YOU jus. to superintel
the pupils-twO dormitories. see th
they are ALWAYS in time and in Orde
= and so on. That would not be niue
o and then there are five small girls b
e tween six and eight years old, wi
!, whom you would be- expected TO ST
all the time out of school To anu
v them. No gentlemen allowed OH q
i premises bedtime; eight o clock for It
:, Its really An uncommOnly nice sta
t ton.
d. Rose Marie tried to express than
= in her broken English. bnt her corra;
It failed before such 4 prospect. and aft
K more proposals of a similar nature i
was forced to leave in disappoIn!m ~
u Dav after day she male her apes
ance at the '.burcau. but the >ras
n was wrong. ar somcth NJ wa wrom
e and she never succeeded IN esiabi'
IS inc herself. After SOM weeks she b
:. a delicate boy a. Il pupil. but he lis
l. in distant suburb. aud for the ia
M lesson she spent sum far too large I
20 her slender means, bes de the whole
weary forenoon. At the end OF
week. Rosc-Mar,e went 10 her pup
house one dav to find it closed. and
~ the next ma >he'was informed th